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Premier Levi Eshkol was as conscious as anyone of the gravity of the matter as he rose to introduce the government's motion. Pressing logic on the glum Deputies who sat before him, he insisted that formal ties with West Germany would not only amount to a significant defeat for Israel's Arab enemies, but also would strengthen Israel economically and speed the day when it could win associate membership in the Common Market. "This is a struggle between heart and head," declared Eshkol. "Let us say that it is wise-hearted to go ahead with...
Purim Eve. Eshkol could hardly expect unanimous agreement. Right-wing Nationalist Opposition Leader Menahem Beigin cried: "Before you decide on relations with Germany, remember that the millions of Germans who were the Nazis' Hitler Jugend, members of the Gestapo and the SS, will be represented by a German ambassador in Israel with a German flag and with Deutschland über Alles." When Deputy Premier Abba Eban suggested that the hymn could be played in Israel without offense since it was written by a German liberal,* he was hooted down...
Through Birrenbach, Israel's Premier Levi Eshkol prodded Bonn for action on 1) extending the statute of limitation to permit the arrest and trial of Nazi murderers still at large, 2) forcing the return home of German scientists working on Egypt's rocket program, and 3) resuming the shipment of arms to Israel suspended last month because of Nasser's protests...
...Birrenbach flew back to Bonn to deliver Eshkol's message, foreign ministers of 13 Arab states assembled in Cairo to decide on a common course of action against Bonn. Nasser, sensing a chance to rally the Arabs behind him, was fast off the mark with a four-point proposal of penalties, ranging from the withdrawal of Arab ambassadors from Bonn to a complete trade boycott of West Germany. "If the Jews win this battle, then the Arabs had better go bury their faces in the mud!" he cried...
...from the University of Texas law school in 1957, wound up working on Johnson's Senate staff until 1961. Since then he has dabbled in diplomatic protocol by helping Duke arrange the California state visits of Mexico's President López Mateos and Israeli Premier Levi Eshkol. As for the polished Duke, Johnson promised an "important ambassadorial post" soon...